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Death toll rises to 450 from Sierra Leone mudslide

Thedeathtollhasrisento450inthisweek’sdevastatingmudslideinSierraLeone.Officialssaidathirdofthedeadarechildren.Masssearchoperationsareunderwayforthehundredsthata

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Iran opposition leader begins hunger strike to demand public trial

Anailing79-year-oldIranianoppositionleaderwhohasbeenunderhousearrestsinceFebruary2011hasembarkedonahungerstrike,demandingauthoritiestryhiminpublic.MehdiKarroubi

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NBA champ Curry set to tee it up in Web.com tourney

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India seizes ship with 1,500 kg of heroin off Gujarat coast

India's navy seized a ship carrying about 1,500 kg of heroin worth 35 billion rupees ($545 million) on Sunday in what it said was its biggest ever drugs haul.

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India seizes ship with 1,500 kg of heroin off Gujarat coast

India'snavyseizedashipcarryingabout1,500kgofheroinworth35billionrupees($545million)onSundayinwhatitsaidwasitsbiggesteverdrugshaul.Thevessel,whichwasoperatingund

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New Zealand mental patient's death puts Japan under spotlight

AJapanesecampaigngroupwhosemembersincludelawyersandacademicscalledonWednesdayforachangeinpsychiatrichospitals'practiceofputtingpatientsunderprolongedrestraintaf

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Wildfires rip through southern and central Europe

Wildfires are raging in parts of central and southern Europe, with thousands of firefighters tackling blazes in five countries.

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Kang wins Women's PGA Championship to make first victory a major

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Myanmar strives for ending recruitment of child soldiers

Myanmarmilitaryhasreleased67morecasesofunder-agedchildsoldiersrecruitedandusedinmilitaryservices,signifyingthefirstsuchreleasein2017.Underajointactionplanwithth

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Belt and Road Initiative creates new prospects for China, Singapore

ChinaandSingaporeplantobolstereconomictiesundertheBeltandRoadInitiativeunderanewdealsignedbetweenthetwonationsthisweek.ThecooperationdealwassignedbyChineseForei

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S. Korean Kim In-kyung earns 5th LPGA victory

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Feature: B&R Initiative pacing fast to ease Pakistan’s energy woes

ByAPDwriterMohammadSohailKARACHI,May16(APD)--Temperaturewasat44degreeCelsiusasscorchingsummerwasgettingitspeak,butaPakistanitailorSheikhBilalwassittingunderatre

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Nepal’s ex-king Gyanendra: national unity under attack

​Nepal's national unity is under attack and its people must act to save it, former King Gyanendra said on Wednesday, in some of his most critical political comments since being toppled by a parliamentary vote eight years ago.

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Prosecutors raid home of ex-presidential aide over corruption

​Prosecutors on Tuesday raided the home of a former senior presidential secretary over his alleged involvement in a corruption case surrounding the ongoing construction of a skyscraper in the southern port city of Busan.

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S.Korean president names new chief of staff, secretary on political affairs

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday named her new chief of staff and her secretary on political affairs after the former senior policy adviser was placed under an emergency detention in a follow-up reshuffle amid rising public anger at a scandal surrounding Choi Soon-sil, Park's longtime confidante suspected of having meddled in state affairs.

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China's growth problem - undernourished preschoolers

Preschooler Shi Bing in central China, wants to grow up faster so he can go to elementary school where he will get a free school lunch instead of going home for the same cold steamed buns and pickles every day.

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China ready to stop school bullying, violence

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang recently penned a letter on how to best address the issue of campus violence.